Chapter 499 Visiting nobles (15)

Chapter 499 Visiting nobles (15)

This time, Viscount Henry and his wife were shocked when they heard this.

Viscount Henry immediately knitted his brows and looked carefully at me, as if he was trying to gauge me.

It was as if he was trying to figure out just what my intentions were when I asked this question. It was as if he wanted to see if I had any ill intentions asking him this.

What he mainly cared about was if I was setting a trap for him by asking this.

However, I just looked right back at Viscount Henry with a calm look on my face as if I wasn't bothered by this at all.

After a long silence, he finally said, "We are at odds sometimes, but that's to be expected from nobles that border each other."

This answer...was very safe, but it was not the answer that I was looking for.

Viscount Henry also knew that since he could see the look on my face.

However, it wasn't as if he could say anything else.

This was something that concerned the safety of both his family and his territory, so it wasn't something that he could be rash about.

He could only offer safe questions to keep him, his family, and his people safe.

That was his duty as both the head of his family and the lord of this territory.

But since I wasn't satisfied, I wouldn't let this matter go.

"Is that so?" I said in a calm voice.

Viscount Henry couldn't help knitting his brows when he heard this, but he didn't say anything.

Almost as if teasing him, I slowly said, "Then what if I said that I wanted to get rid of him?"

The moment that my voice fell, Viscount Henry and his wife immediately revealed shocked looks of disbelief. It was as if they couldn't believe that I would be so direct with this matter.

Even Rose and Haley were surprised to hear this.

They weren't surprised by the words I said since we had already agreed that this was something that was on the table, they were just surprised by how direct I was.

Viscount Henry narrowed his eyes to look at me as if he was trying to gauge if I was being serious or not.novelbin

After a long silence, he finally bit the bait and said, "Count Zwein, I don't know what happened between you and Viscount Teomold, but it is dangerous to speak in this manner. You should..."

Before he could finish, I suddenly said, "I just want to know if you want in or not. It's a very simple question."

No matter how he looked at this, it seemed like there was no downsides for him to take this deal.

But the more that he thought about it, the more that it seemed like a trap.

So he was debating on whether he should let himself fall for it or if he should back out now before it went too far.

In the end, Viscount Henry couldn't help being moved as he asked, "Let's say that I was interested in this...what would I have to do?"

With this, I said with the same smile, "Well, before we can talk about that, we need to sign something."

I looked at Haley and she brought out another piece of paper.

Viscount Henry directly took it and knitted his brows again when he saw it.

After a moment of silence, he asked, "Do we really need to do this?"

I gave a nod as I said, "This is to ensure that we can work together without having to worry about anything."

He couldn't help revealing an even more worried look.

Without having to worry about anything?

The moment that he signed this contract, there would be physical evidence of their collaboration and he wouldn't be able to step back anymore. The moment that he signed this, he would be forced to walk down this path no matter what happened.

If anything, signing this would make him even more worried.

But there was also a part of Viscount Henry that was more relieved because of this contract.

Since Count Zwein was willing to bring out this contract, that meant that he was serious about this.

This wasn't a joke, he really was going to take down Viscount Teomold, the one that had been his rival the entire time.

After a long silence, I was the one that broke it by saying, "I promise that I won't do anything to harm you or your territory. I know that doesn't account for much, but..."

Viscount Henry shook his head and said, "No, that's more than enough."

Without hesitation, he picked up some ink and a pen from the side and signed his name on the contract before handing it back to me.

As he held this out, he said with a confident look, "I'm looking forward to working with you."

I revealed a faint smile before reaching out to take that contract.

As I took it, I said, "I'm looking forward to working with you as well."